Dust-pan.



J. BEEOHER.

DUST PAN.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 22, 1912.

1,084,127, Patented Jan. 13, 1914.

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J OHN BEECI-IER, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO THE CENTRAL STAMPING00., OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

DUST-PAN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 13, 1914.

Application filed May 22, 1912. Serial No. 698,942.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN BEEGHER, a citizenof the United States of America, and a resident of Newark, in the countyof Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Dust- Ians, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to dustpans of the class which have a reinforcementof the front edge over which dirt or dust is swept and has to doparticularly with the means whereby the reinforcement is secured inplace.

It is well known that the thin material of which dust pans areordinarily made will not, in use, preserve the straight fiat edgenecessary for good work, and to correct this fault, reinforcements havebeen applied by various more or less clumsy and expensive means, such assoldering, folding over and clamping, passing lugs of the reinforcementthrough the blade of the dust pan etc.

My invention provides an effectively reinforced dust pan which may bequickly and easily made'by slipping the reinforcement under the foldededge of the dust pan and curling or beading the projecting ends of thereinforcement in with the beaded or wired sides of the dust pan, as theyare commonly made. This provides a certain and secure attachment of thereinforcement, which is preferably made of fiat sheet steel, but may beof some other material.

Referring to the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a dust panembodying my invention, part of the front edge being broken away to showthe location of the reinforcing strip. Fig. is a cross section on theline 2-2 of Fig. 1, illustrating the man nor in which the ends of thestrip are incorporated in the beaded edges of the sides, and Fig. 3 is abottom View showing only the part of the pan adjacent its front edge.

In the drawings just described the dust pan is provided with the body1., the sides 2, the back 3 and the handle at secured in any suitablemanner. The front edge of the pan is returned on itself on the underside of the pan forming the fold 5 into which is inserted the stiffeningstrip 6 whose ends 7 are bent into the plane of the angular sides 2 ofthe pan and are incorporated with the beaded or wired upper edges ofsaid sides.

In order to strengthen dust pans it is a common practice to bead overthe edges and still greater strength may be secured by beading them overon a reinforcing wire. In the dust pan illustrated herein a continuousreinforcing wire 8 running around the dust pan at its upper edge isemployed. The ends 7 of the stiffening strip are beaded over the saidwire 8 as indicated at 9 and the upper edge of each side is headed overthe wire and the ends of the stiffening strip as indicated at 10. Theends of the stiffening strip and the upper edges of the sides are mostconveniently headed over simultane ously so that the reinforcement maybe socured in place inexpensively and expeditiously. The fold 5, ofcourse, aids in keeping the reinforcing strip in place, since it is madeto grip the said strip firmly.

It will be apparent that a reinforcing bead may be employed with orwithout a reinforcing wire and that where such a wire is employed itmight stop short of the points at which the ends of the stiffening stripare secured by beading.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. A dust pan having its front edge returned on itself on the under sideof the pan to form a fold and having angular sides provided with beadededges, and a stiffening strip secured in the said fold and having itsends firmly beaded in with the edges of the sides into a permanent rigidfastening;

2. A dust pan having its front edge returned on itself on the under sideof the pan to form a fold, angular sides, a stiffening strip secured.in, said fold, and a continuous reinforcing wire over which the ends ofsaid stiffening strip and said sides are firmly headed into a permanentrigid fastening said sides being headed over outside said ends.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

7 JOHN BEECHER.

lVitnesses Pnnzon L. BUTLER, JOHN Korrnn.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. G.

